"You are my sunshine"

[welch]

It was about 1950, and Ted Williams faced Nats ace Sid Hudson at Griffith Stadium. Hudson wound up, and just then the Nats catcher, a backup named Mickey Grasso, sang "You are my sunshine / my only sunshine / you make me happy / when skies are gray /you'll never know dear / how much I love you / please don't take / my sunshine / away",  a popular song in the '40s.

The Splendid Splinter buckled over in laughter, and the umpire called "Strike one!"

Williams, trying to control a case of the giggles, turned to Grasso and said, "Mickey, don;t do that again".

Grasso replied, "Sure, Ted". He was quiet as Hudson wound up again, but, just as the Hudson let go, Mickey started up again: "You are my sunshine..."

Williams started to laugh again, but before Grasso got to "sunshine", Williams hit a line-drive over the center-field fence.


[Essence of story likely true. Heard it from my dad. Not sure if Hudson / Grasso were the battery.]

[PatsNats28]

That's a state song... I wanna say Mississippi or Louisiana.

[welch]

That's a state song... I wanna say Mississippi or Louisiana.

I'm too lazy to look it up tonight, but I think it was sung (and written?) by a country singer who became governor of Louisiana (approximately). The singer campaigned by sending out bands that sang the song from pickup trucks...something included in the movie "O Brother Where Art Thou" (?).

[cmdterps44]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_My_Sunshine

Googled it.

[PatsNats28]

I'm too lazy to look it up tonight, but I think it was sung (and written?) by a country singer who became governor of Louisiana (approximately). The singer campaigned by sending out bands that sang the song from pickup trucks...something included in the movie "O Brother Where Art Thou" (?).

Yup I knew it from the movie.